Integration of Digital Economy and Circular Economy: Current Status and Future Directions
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Research Methods
3. Results
3.1. Number of Publications and Sources of Publications in “Circular Economy” AND “Digital Economy” (CE and DE)
3.2. VOSviewer Analysis on CE and DE
3.2.1. Network Visualization
3.2.2. Overlay Visualization
- (1)
- Collabrative working method: co-evolution, transdisciplinary, co-creation, design;
- (2)
- Economy: responsible business management, sharing economy, consumer behavior;
- (3)
- Emerging information and technology: digital intelligence, 3-D printing, IoT, AM, cyber-physical systems, digital twin, big data, building information modelling/management (BIM);
- (4)
- Initiative: policy, barriers, impact, performance, strategy;
- (5)
- Waste associated sustainability: recycling, demolition waste, life cycle assessment, supply chain management.
3.3. Multidisciplinary Research on the Literature on CE and DE
3.3.1. Classification and Selection of the Subject Areas of CE and DE
3.3.2. Research Overview of the Seven Subject Areas of CE and DE
- 1.
- ENGINEERING;
- 2.
- ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES BIOLOGICAL;
- 3.
- SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY OTHER TOPIC;
- 4.
- COMPUTER SCIENCE;
- 5.
- BUSINESS ECONOMICS;
- 6.
- MATERIALS SCIENCE;
- 7.
- OPERATIONS RESEARCH MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;
3.4. Life Cycle Stages and Application Areas in CE and DE
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Color 1 | Cluster | Keyword | Occurrence | Total Link Strength |
---|---|---|---|---|
5 | Circular economy (CE) | 81 | 449 | |
4 | Sustainability | 24 | 161 | |
2 | Industry 4.0 (I4.0) | 17 | 131 | |
6 | Design | 17 | 117 | |
5 | Management | 12 | 91 | |
3 | Framework | 11 | 83 |
Year | Color Range 1 | Keywords |
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2016 | co-evolution, transdisciplinary, responsible business management, digital intelligence | |
2017 | co-creation, 3-D printing, policy | |
2018 | internet of things (IoT), additive manufacturing (AM), digital technologies, recycling | |
2019 | CE, sustainability, design, servitization, digitalization, sharing economy, cyber-physical systems, digital twin | |
2020 | big data, supply chain management, barriers, impact, performance, strategy, demolition waste, information-technology, consumer behavior, building information modelling/management (BIM), life cycle assessment, climate-change |
Literature Source | Year | The Start of Life Cycle Stage | Application Areas | ||
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Design | Procurement | Manufacturing and Production | |||
Abdul-Hamid et al. | 2020 | + | I4.0 is applied to palm oil production industry, planting industry | ||
Bag et al. | 2020 | + | Digital Procurement 4.0 (P4.0) | ||
Hao et al. | 2020 | + | + | BIM, materialization stage of buildings, prefabriced structures | |
Gonzalez-Varona et al. | 2020 | + | Spare parts AM, business model, small and medium-sized enterprises | ||
Fisher et al. | 2020 | + | Waste management, wastewater pricing, process manufacturing systems | ||
Bag et al. | 2020 | + | Purchaser business process, information processing capability, P4.0 | ||
Nogueira et al. | 2019 | + | City innovation | ||
Bausys et al. | 2019 | + | Autonomous mobile robot, exploration of the harsh environment | ||
Watanabe et al. | 2019 | + | Digital bioeconomy | ||
Bertin et al. | 2019 | + | High-rise building design, structural detachability, material reuse | ||
Miehe et al. | 2019 | + | Biotechnology Interface (BTI) Engineering, biological and technical manufacturing systems | ||
Schischke et al. | 2019 | + | + | Smart mobile products modular, printed circuit boards, cycle design | |
Tomiyama et al. | 2019 | + | Smart product development | ||
Kusiak | 2019 | + | Smart manufacturing | ||
Moreno et al. | 2017 | + | Re-distributed manufacturing | ||
Prendeville et al. | 2016 | + | Redistribution of manufacturing |
Literature Source | Year | The Intermediate Life Cycle Stage | Application Areas | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Transportation and Packaging | Consumption and Use | Repair and Maintenance | |||
Tunn et al. | 2020 | + | Consumer markets, mobile access-based product-service systems, digital services, consumer attitudes and experiences | ||
Melkonyan et al. | 2020 | + | Food industry | ||
Schwanholz and Leipold | 2020 | + | Digital sharing platform | ||
Kasulaitis et al. | 2020 | + | Electronics, materials, consumer preferences | ||
Hao et al. | 2020 | + | BIM, materialization stage of buildings, prefabriced structures | ||
Revinova et al. | 2020 | + | Share economy, share platform | ||
El Hilali and El Manouar | 2019 | + | + | Telecommunications industry, digital transformation | |
Bressanelli et al. | 2018 | + | Digital technology capabilities, business models |
Literature Source | Year | The End of Life Cycle Stage | Application Areas | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deconstruction/Disassembly | Reuse/Remanufacturing/Recycling | Waste Disposal | |||
Charles et al. | 2020 | + | Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) raw material recycling | ||
Tuzun | 2020 | + | + | Hybrid energy recovery, plant gas emissions, artificial intelligence identification | |
Rocca et al. | 2020 | + | Virtual reality (VR), digital twins, WEEE dismantling process | ||
Llamas et al. | 2020 | + | + | Metal production residues, fire analysis | |
Garrido-Hidalgo et al. | 2020 | + | WEEE recycling, electric vehicle batteries | ||
Charnley et al. | 2019 | + | Automotive parts, simulation technology | ||
Byard et al. | 2019 | + | + | Waste polymer recycling, 3-D printing of recycled materials | |
Dounavis et al. | 2019 | + | + | Digital online platforms, industrial symbics, recycling of industrial waste and as raw materials | |
Makarova et al. | 2019 | + | Disposal of production and domestic wastes | ||
Vonk | 2018 | + | + | E-waste, attention economy, media ecology | |
Woern et al. | 2018 | + | Recycled polymers in 3-D printing | ||
Sitek et al. | 2018 | + | BGA part ball remanufacturing | ||
Vehmas et al. | 2018 | + | + | Recycling textile waste, consumer remanufacturing attitude | |
Zhong and Pearce | 2018 | + | + | Computer waste, distributed recycling remanufacturing, 3-D printing | |
Okorie et al. | 2018 | + | Hybrid electric vehicles, electric vehicles, charged energy storage systems, remanufacturing | ||
Eden | 2017 | + | Free loop, consumer goods reuse | ||
Pamminger et al. | 2016 | + | Digital recorder, redesign and remanufacture |
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Chicago/Turabian StyleLiu, Zhen, Jing Liu, and Mohamed Osmani. 2021. "Integration of Digital Economy and Circular Economy: Current Status and Future Directions" Sustainability 13, no. 13: 7217. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13137217